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March 29th, 2017Barb Robertson Passes Away

Basketball BC joins the basketball community is mourning the loss of a great player, coach and leader – Barb Robertson. Barb starred as a player for the UBC women’s team and competed internationally for Canada. After her...

March 29th, 2017Attention Coaches! New NCCP Module: Coach Inititiation in Sport

New NCCP Module: Coach Initiation in Sport - Free for 150 days! Coach Initiation in Sport is a new online National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) module developed to introduce new or experienced...

March 29th, 2017U17 GIrls PT Selection

Basketball BC is pleased to announce the athletes selected to participate in the 2017 Basketball BC U17 Girls Provincial Team Program. The girls were chosen through the U17 SuperCamp tryout process which concluded on Sunday, March...

March 17th, 2017BBC, UA Canada, BIg Kahuna

Basketball BC, Under Armour Canada and Big Kahuna Sport Co. are excited to announce a new partnership! Some of the highlights of the partnership will be: Big Kahuna to be the official supplier to Basketball BC with specific attention...

March 16th, 2017U16 National Team Tryout

Canada Basketball will be hosting an open tryout for the 2017 U16 National Team on Easter Weekend (April 14th-16th, 2017). This tryout will take place at Kerr Hall (Ryerson), in Toronto. The U16 training camp roster with be...

March 6th, 2017Mumps in Sport Info

Mumps in Sport and Recreation Environments in Canada March 5, 2017 Sport Canada - On behalf of our colleagues at the Public Health Agency of Canada, we are forwarding the attached information about mumps. There have been a...

February 27th, 2017U17s Dominant in Playoffs!

Former Basketball BC U17 Boys team members were dominant this past week in their respective playoffs picking up several MVP’s/All-Star awards. The boys (bronze medalists at the Nationals Tournament in early August) will now represent their...

February 15th, 2017BC Athletes Invited to 2nd Canada Basketball Assessment Camp

Shaun McGuinness, Basketball BC Director of High Performance, proudly announced Friday the BC athletes that have been invited back to the second National Assessment Camp for the Canadian National Cadette (2001) and Junior Teams (1999). The...

February 1st, 2017BBC CANADA SUMMER GAMES STAFF ANNOUNCED FOR BOYS

After the recent announcement of Joe Enevoldson as Head Coach of the U17 Basketball BC Canada Summer Games Team, he is pleased to announce the remainder of his staff for the 2017 Summer Season. Coach Enevoldson announced Monday the addition of...

January 24th, 2017Erase Bullying in Sport

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 23, 2017 B.C. SPORT ORGANIZATIONS STAND TOGETHER TO ERASE BULLYING IN SPORT Vancouver, B.C. - In a province-wide call to action, provincial sport organizations are being asked to erase bullying...

January 23rd, 2017Hall of Fame Class of 2017 Announced

2017 Basketball BC Hall of Fame Announcement Basketball BC Hall of Fame Selection Committee Chair, John Buis, said. “I have had the pleasure of talking to all of the living inductees as well as some of the families of those no...

January 18th, 2017Nisga'a New Aiyanish - A Basketball Mecca

January 17, 2017 – This past weekend, Anthony Luyken ran a NCCP Learn to Train Clinic for coaches, as well as two youth clinics in the Nisga'a community of New Aiyanish located outside of Terrace. Coaches attended a NCCP L2T course,...

January 13th, 2017Basketball BC's Girls Provincial Team Find New Home in Burnaby

Fortius Sport & Health announced as new training site for Basketball BC - complete announcement here

January 12th, 2017Integrated Support Team for 2017 Girls Provincial Team Announced

Basketball BC Announces Integrated Support Team for 2017 Girls’ Provincial Team Shaun McGuinness is happy to announce that we will be adding two more additional support staff to our High Performance Programming for the 2017 Girls...

January 11th, 2017Coaches and Trainers Named for 2017 Basketball BC U15 and U17 Girls Provincial Team Programs

January 10, 2017 - Basketball BC Manager of High Performance Shaun McGuinness, is excited to announce the Head Coaches, Trainer and Analyst for the 2017 U15 and U17 Girls’ Provincial teams. “I am very pleased that our U15 and U17...

January 10th, 20172017 U17 & U15 Boys Provincial Team Coaches Announced by Basketball BC

Basketball BC Executive Director Lawrie Johns is excited to announce the Head Coaches for the two Boys’ Provincial teams who will be competing this summer at the Canada Basketball Nationals, as well as the Canada Summer Games. “I...

December 21st, 2016TOP 40 adidas camp comes to BC!

Top 40 Basketball events (adidas brand partner) present the 2017 adidas Van City Top 40 Camp, which is set for March 17th-19th (Junior Camp) & May 12th-14th (Senior Camp) at Langley Event Centre. This event will feature the Top 40...

December 15th, 2016BC Sports Hall of Fame - 2017 Induction Class

The BC Sports Hall of Fame has announced this year’s 51st induction class. Basketball BC would like to congratulate all the amazing individuals deserving of recognition, especially Michelle, Tim, and the 1969-70 UBC Thunderettes on their...